LA VERNE, Calif. — The La Verne men's track and field team grabbed a handful of individual wins and cruised past Cal Lutheran 122-38 but was edged by Occidental 85-78 on Saturday at Ortmayer Stadium and Campus West.

The Leopards almost completed a clean podium sweep of the throwing events. The Leopards went 1-2-3 in the shot put, the hammer throw and the javelin throw. Chris Gura won the shot put with a toss of 14.67 meters (48 feet, 1.75 inches) and was followed by Andrew Bell at 13.64m (44-09.00) and Michael Burciaga-Ellis at 12.74m (41-09.75). Carrasco led the way in the new hammer ring at Campus West, recording a best throw of 52.79m (173-02), Gura was second at 48.21m (158-02) and Bell finished third with a toss of 41.94m (137-07). Burcia-Ellis claimed the javelin with a hurl of 51.44m (168-09), Jesus Payan placed second with a throw of 45.17m (148-02) and Samuel Gong was third at 41.83m (137-03). Gura also won the discus throw with a mark of 43.00m (141-01).

Kyle Ambat added a win in the triple jump with a personal record leap of 14.10m (46-03.25) and was just edged in the long jump with a jump of 6.61m (21-08.25).

Garrett Hansen and Andres Pulgarin tied for the best mark in the pole vault with clearances of 4.26m (13-11.75) but Hansen got the win by virtue of clearing it first. The marks were personal records for both vaulters.

Joshua Francis and Joseph Azucena each notched a win on the track. Francis won the 400m in a time of 49.31 seconds to edge out Occidental's Gabriel Barrett-Jackson (49.79) and Azucena took the 400m hurdles at a personal best time of 57.39.

The difference against Occidental was the distance events (800m, 1500m, 5000m, 3000m steeplechase) where the Tigers swept the Leopards.

The Leopards are back in action this Friday at Oxy Distance Carnival Spring Break Classic.